Councillors for a principal area shall be elected by the local government electors for that area in accordance with this Act and Part I of the F1Representation of the People Act 1983.

For the purpose of the election of councillors, every principal area in Wales shall be divided into electoral divisions, each returning such number of councillors as may be provided by an order under paragraph 2 of Schedule 5 to this Act or under or by virtue of the provisions of Part IV of this Act.

There shall be a separate election for each electoral division.